Inclusive Privilege is Essential.

Founded in 2024, Fifth Generation League exists to rewrite the story of generational opportunity in America.

For generations, communities of color, and women, have been systematically denied ownership, education, healthcare, and basic human rights: the very cornerstones of security, stability, and legacy. This denial was not accidental, and its effects persist today.

We are here to change that.

Fifth Generation League envisions a future where families can pass down advantage, not adversity. Where privilege is no longer exclusive to the 1%, but intentionally built, protected, and transferred across generations.

We believe in passing down five pillars to future generations—OLLIE: Ownership, Leadership, Longevity, Insight, and Education—the forces that create lasting empowerment. When families have access to these pillars, they gain the tools to build wealth, strengthen their voice and establish legacies that endure.

Fifth Generation League is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Tax ID#: 99-1098128

Our Mission

We empower families of color, and women, to close the wealth and access gap by intentionally passing down ownership, leadership, longevity, insight and education, the foundations of generational advantage.

Our Vision

Communities of color command privilege and access as the standard, where equitable outcomes are inevitable and every barrier is dismantled.

A Message From Our Founder

This is personal for me and it’s why this work matters. My family’s legacy could have been even stronger. My great-grandmother, Ollie, a Black woman born in Mississippi in 1916, left us houses, assets with the potential to create lasting wealth. But we didn’t fully leverage them or use them to propel our family forward.

We had the basics in place, ownership and passing it to the right people, but we didn’t understand how to maximize what we had or allow it to compound into greater advantage over time. In short, we didn’t keep them. Years later, I tried to buy back her four-unit property and was priced out of the market. Opportunity lost. That gap between having something and knowing how to grow it is where too many families get left behind.

I believe generational strength isn’t just about what you inherit, but whether you’re given the knowledge and support to grow it. And just as importantly, the desire to do so.

That belief is what led me here and why this work feels bigger than me. It’s why I’m committed to ensuring opportunity doesn’t end with one generation, but continues forward for families, communities, and generations to come, including my own.

— Lashonda Butler, Founder & CEO

Someone has to change these stats. Might as well be us.

5X

Black families are five times less likely than white families to receive a sizable inheritance. When they do, the amount is still typically three times lower on average than what white families receive. This disparity has contributed to Black Americans falling behind in wealth accumulation while white generational peers are empowered to move towards further economic stability and advancement.

The Facts.

Generations of systemic inequality, paired with limited opportunities to pass down knowledge and wealth, have left Black families and women with fewer advantages and a wider gap in access to high-impact opportunities.

Why Does This Matter?

Inherited wealth, knowledge and access shape a family's economic starting point, influencing outcomes not just for one generation, but for many.

The Shift.

We’re changing these statistics by equipping families with the tools and framework to build the five pillars of generational empowerment: Ownership, Leadership, Longevity, Insight and Education. With them, you can intentionally create, protect and pass down advantages for five generations and beyond.

26%

One potential source of the wealth gap is differences in the intergenerational transfer of wealth, either through bequests to heirs or through transfers among the living. It is estimated that inheritances account for 10 percent to 26 percent of the wealth gap.